What NFL Teams Have Never Been to a Super Bowl?

Did you know that there are a handful of NFL teams who have never made it to a Super Bowl? Find out which teams these are and why they haven’t been able to make it to the big game.

NFL Teams That Have Never Been to a Super Bowl

There are a total of 32 NFL teams, and of those, 12 have never made it to a Super Bowl. That means that nearly 38% of NFL teams have never been to the big game. Who are these teams? Let’s take a look.

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States. The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in Glendale, Arizona.

The team has won two NFL championships, both while it was based in Chicago. The first occurred in 1925, but is the subject of controversy because it was awarded after a playoff game where gallons of ink were spilled over whether or not an incomplete forward pass byCardinals player Leo Nomellini was properly ruled an incompletion or a fumble. The second title came in 1947, almost two decades before the Super Bowl’s inception. They are one of four NFL teams to win 700+ games since 1920 (the others being the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and Chicago Bears).

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions have never been to a Super Bowl. They have made it to the playoffs 10 times, most recently in 2016, but they have never won a playoff game. The Lions have a long history of futility, including a 0-16 season in 2008.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium.

Founded in 2002, the Texans are the youngest franchise in the NFL. They joined three other teams that expanded the league that year: the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Carolina Panthers. Houston became the first-ever AFC South champion in only its second season of existence.

Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars have never been to a Super Bowl in their history. They joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1995, and they have yet to make it to the big game. The Jaguars have made it to the AFC Championship game twice, but they lost both times. The Jaguars have a lot of young talent on their roster, so there is hope that they can make a run at a Super Bowl in the near future.

Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) West division. They were founded on August 14, 1959, and began play on September 10, 1960, as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and spent their first season in Los Angeles, before moving to San Diego in 1961. The Chargers joined the AFL as one of its eight original teams, and had won one AFL Championship prior to joining the NFL in 1970 as part of an AFL–NFL merger.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that compete in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to St. Louis, and were known as the St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 2015. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

The Rams have won three NFL championships, and are the only team to win championships representing three different cities (Cleveland in 1945, Los Angeles in 1951, and St. Louis in 1999). They have appeared in ten NFL playoff games, winning seven of them, including Super Bowl XIV , but have yet to make it back to the big game since then.

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

The Vikings have played in four Super Bowls, but lost each one. They played in Super Bowl IV, VIII, IX, and XI.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Saints were established as an expansion team in 1967 and first took the field for the 1968 NFL season.

The franchise was founded on November 1, 1966. The team’s primary colors are old gold and black; their logo consists of a simple fleur-de-lis. They played their home games in Tulane Stadium through the 1974 NFL season. The following year, they moved to the new Louisiana Superdome (now Mercedes-Benz Superdome).

New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. In a unique arrangement for the league, the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey with the New York Giants. The franchise is legally and corporately registered as New York Jets, LLC.

Conclusion

In conclusion, there are nine NFL teams who have never been to a Super Bowl. These teams are the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While some of these teams have come close to making it to the big game, they have never been able to conquer the playoffs and make it to the Super Bowl.